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The Apple A12 Bionic is a 64-bit ARM-based system on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc., part of the Apple silicon series, It first appeared in the iPhone XS and XS Max, iPhone XR, iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Mini (5th generation), iPad (8th generation) and Apple TV 4K (2nd generation). Apple states that the two high-performance cores are 15% faster and 40% more energy-efficient than the Apple A11's, and the four high-efficiency cores use 50% less power than the A11's. It is the first mass-market system on a chip to be built using the 7 nm process.
iOS support for the iPhone XS and XR ended with iOS 18.7.5, released on February 11, 2026, whilst iPadOS support for the aforementioned models is ongoing, with iPadOS 26.3, released on February 11, 2026, being the latest update. tvOS support for the 2nd generation Apple TV 4K is ongoing (the latest update being tvOS 26.3).
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